The Cost of Doing the Right Thing

Patti Davis recounts a time she spoke up about a life-and-death situation, and the unwelcome responses.

by Patti Davis • More.com columnist

The backlash was so uncomfortable that I actually can see why some people refuse to get involved, but to anyone who does think that way, I would say, If not you, then who?

There is that poignant quote from Pastor Martin Neimoller: "First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.”

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